Bowl clamp



T. H. MILLER. I

BOWL CLAMP.

APPUCATION FILED JULY 5. 1919.

Patented-Feb. 2s.

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. n it known that i, Trrnooonn l1. MILLER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Poug'hlreepsie, county of Dutchess, and State of New York, have invented. a new and usei'ul Improvement in Bowlfllamps, of which the tollowino isa full, rlear, and exact de scription, referencebeing had to the accompany drawings, which form a part of this specification.

lily invention consists in improved means for. holding a centrifugal bowl while it is being disassen'ibled, particularly while the clamping nut is being unscrewed.

liowl-holding devices have previously been made withpins to enterholes in the bottom of the bowl. hese require that the bowl bottom be made heavy .to provide stock for these holes and require, also, that the bowl be placed in a: certainposition, often forcing the wrench to aniinconvenient position for operation. Bowl-holding devices have also been made in the form ot a loop tightened by a screw. Such a device allows the bowl to be placed in a convenient position for starting the nut, but another operation is required to tighten the screw. a

The object of my invention is to provide a bowl clamp which is quickly and automatically operable, convenient, adapted to hold the bowl in any position, and which will not be an obstruction on a table top.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate three embodiments of my invention Fig. 1 shows in perspective a preferred form of my improved clamp, with a bowl being placed in it.

Fig. 2 shows in perspective one of the members of the preferred form.

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are perspective views of alternative forms.

Figs. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing how the bowl automatically clamps itself when turned within the clamp.

(t represents a strip of metal bent into a loop and having each end bent outward and backward to form an eye I). o is a member having on its under side two lugs (2 adapted to enter the eyes on the end of the loop. In the preferred form this member is bent downward and provided with two horizontally extending lugs 6 adapted to enter sockets in a base member f, which may be se- Specificatlon of Letters lPatent.

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CLAMP.

l-atehtd Feb. 28, 1922.

1919. Serial No. 308,879.

cured by screws support.

g to a table top or other In illlQ'IllOCllfiCElbiOIl shown in Fig. 3, the

member 0' having the lugs d is, at the back, I

curveddownward and then outward to form an integral base i, which maybe secured to the table by screws j, p In the modification shown ill Fig. 4; lugs extend upward from a flat plate is, so that the loop may be readily-removed.

In operation, the bowl w is placed in the loop, and the wrench or spanner isapplied to the nut and turned. The bowlwill then slide around on the table sothat one end of the loop a. will press tightly against the loowlwhile the lug d embracedby the eye 6 at the other end of the loopwill swing. out,- ward, relatively to the bowl, in an are about the other lug, thereby decreasingthe angular distance between the-two l-ugsand drawing" the loop so tightly around the bowllthat it is held from turning while the nut is unscrewed. The mode of operation will be clearly understood by reference to Figures 5 and 6;

By the angular distance between the two lugs, I refer to the angular distance relatively tothe centre of the loop; the angular distance between two points relatively to a circle being the length of the arc, measuren in degrees, between radii intersecting such points. As may be seen by reference to Figs. 5 and 6, the absolute distance between the lugs (Z, d, is of course unchanged by manipulation of'thebowl, as is also the absolute distance between. the two, ends of the loop, but the angular distance between them is reduced.

In the preferred form, when not in use, the member 0 and the loop a may be turned up out of the way, or the loop may be easily removed completely. If the base f is close to the end of the table, the loop may be turned up againstthe wall, leaving the table top clear.

In the modifications, theloops cannot be turned up out of the way, but in the second modification, as in the preferred form, the loop may be removed. In actual use, all the forms have the same operation.

I am aware that it is old to construct a wrench, jar holder or the like in the form of a flexible loop the two ends of which engage lever mechanism operable, by a swing- I bowl adapted to prevent the bowl from coning movement, to tighten the loop sothat the article may be turned or held from turning. In the case of a jar, thisoperation involves'the use of one hand to hold thejar from turning while the cap or closureis removed with the other hand. This mode of operation is impracticable in the case" of a heavy bowl, to remove the clamping nut or" which requires that both hands shall be left free. In my invention instead of a handmanipulatable holder, I make no attempt to bowl is initially turned by manual force, to

initially prevent the bowl from turning, but construct the holder so that it may be fixedly positioned and so that the initial turning movement of the bowl, due to the turning of the clamping nut, will cause a bodily displacement or the bowl and thereby tighten the loop about the bowl until the bowl can no longer turn, whereby the subsequent turning of the clamping nut will effectuate its removal.

' Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect-by Letters Patent is:

1. An automatically acting holder for a tinuingto turn during the nut loosening operation tending to turn it, comprising a flexible loop adapted to encircle the bowl, and fixedly anchored means adapted,as the automatically cooperatively act with the bowl and loop to contract the loop upon and cause it to grip the bowl. r

2. An automatically acting holder for a bowl adapted to prevent the bowl from continuing to turn during the nut loosening operation tending to turn it, comprising a flexible open-ended loop adapted to encircle the bowl and a fixedly anchored device comprising holders engaging the-ends of the loop, and adapted to coact with the bowl, as the latter is initially turned by manual force, to bodily displace the bowl relatively away from one holder, and thereby diminish the angular distance between the two holders and the two ends of the loop and thus grip the bowl so tightly as to prevent further turning; V

' 3. An automatically acting holder for a bowl adapted to prevent the bowl from continuing to turn during the disassembling operation tending to turn it, comprising a loop having eyes at its vends, a member having? vertical lugsadapted to enter said eyes and hold the loop against horizontal rotation,

and a second fixedly positioned member to which the first member is hinged on. a horizontal axis. 7

l. A clamping device for holding a contrifugal separator bowl while loosening the 

